Today we celebrated the 67th day of school!
We surprised students with trivia throughout the day, rewarded caller 6 or 7’s classes with treats, handed out Perfect Attendance certificates, and had a blast!
Here’s to being 67 days smarter and loving every minute at SMS!
HAPPY 67TH DAY OF SCHOOL!!!
Our Simmons Middle School flock is grateful. 🧡 This turkey is made entirely from the things our students and staff are thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃
We hope to see all current 8th graders and their parents at CHS Theater on Monday, November 24th at 7pm for an information meeting on CHS academics and registration. Come and get all the information you need for your 2026-2027 Freshman. Teachers from all departments will be available to help your student make the most of their freshman schedule and help them set up an academic plan for high school. This meeting is VERY important for all students and parents to begin a successful academic journey at CHS. We can’t wait to meet you!
Mrs. Trefz's classes made Thanksgiving decorations
Leidholt's Homeroom enjoyed creating their own"Thankful Tree" and "Thankful Themed Door" the last few weeks. They enjoyed coming up with 67 Things They Are Thankful For! 😊🍁
November 19 was National Play Monopoly Day! Mrs. Anderson's homeroom recently played Monopoly and other board games together. What's your favorite game to play?
Lepkowski's homeroom wrote thank you notes to friends and staff members at school to show gratitude and kindness this week.
All month long, our students have been learning what it means to lead with kindness and gratitude. Today, our office crew flipped the script and showed our gratitude for the incredible teachers and staff who make SMS such a special place!
We hosted a full-on PIE-STRAVAGANZA in the office conference room, complete with slices upon slices of delicious pies, warm cider, and all the autumn vibes you could imagine. It was our small way of saying thank you for the heart, hustle, and love our teachers and staff pour into our school every single day.
Thank you, SMS teachers and staff and Happy American Education Week!
We hosted a full-on PIE-STRAVAGANZA in the office conference room, complete with slices upon slices of delicious pies, warm cider, and all the autumn vibes you could imagine. It was our small way of saying thank you for the heart, hustle, and love our teachers and staff pour into our school every single day.
Thank you, SMS teachers and staff and Happy American Education Week!
November is National Pepper Month, and we’re sharing pepper fun facts all month long! #AberdeenPublicSchools #GoEagles 💙🫑💛
Students: Enjoy a "Friendsgiving" feast for lunch today! All schools will be serving a holiday meal of roasted turkey, dinner roll, mashed potatoes and pumpkin bars! #AberdeenPublicSchools #GoEagles 💙🦃💛
Are you ready for high school? 🎓 8th-grade students and parents — please plan to attend the CHS Registration Meeting in the CHS Theater on Monday, November 24 at 7:00 PM. Your student received the Goldbook at school today — please bring it to the meeting so we can walk through registration together.
Hiles' Homeroom spreading kindness and gratitude. Started the week with sharing something we are grateful for, picked up rocks in the parking lot, added to the Thankful Tree and made some turkeys for our Door decorating.
Golden Crew and students from the Achieve classroom partnered to celebrate Kindness Week last week at SMS. Along with daily announcements, displays throughout the school, and a variety of homeroom activities centered around kindness, we had a fantastic week! It all culminated with a Friday morning celebration and our SMS student body lighting up our school with kindness!
It only took 6-7 years of Mrs. Neer's career, but today a P.E. Legend emerged! This 6th grader is the first student to successfully kick a ball through the hoop on the opposite end of the gym. Reward of choice: Blue Gatorade.
Last week our Youth Power members had a blast trying out the new games donated by one of our generous families! We're so grateful for the fun and the support!
“Our Thankfulness Tree is in full bloom! Each leaf was added by a student sharing something they’re grateful for — from family and friends to social studies and mac & cheese.
Mrs. Conklin's homeroom made handprint turkeys with ways to be kind written on the feathers to help celebrate kindness this month!
The Design and Modeling classes at Simmons Middle School and Holgate Middle School designed snowflakes that were 3D printed and then used to decorate a tree for the Dacotah Prairie Museum's Christmas Tree Lane. It will be on display November 22nd - December 23rd.
Huge shoutout to Mrs. Conklin’s homeroom for taking the crown in our Pop Tabs Collection Drive! They earned a well-deserved pop party to celebrate their sweet victory.
And SMS...we absolutely crushed it!!
Our schoolwide goal was 25,000 grams of pop tabs, but our Golden Eagles soared WAY past that, collecting a jaw-dropping 36,045 grams!
To put that into perspective:
💛 36,045 grams = about 79 pounds of pop tabs
💛 That’s roughly 100,000 tabs
All of which can be recycled to help support families staying at the Ronald McDonald House.
Every tiny tab added up to something BIG. Way to go, Golden Eagles!
